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Travelers Rest, S.C. — T&S Brass, South Carolina’s 2006 Small Manufacturer of the Year, has been recognized by Renewable Water Resources (ReWa) with the Compliance Excellency Award for being an Industrial Environmental Steward.

Formally known as Western Carolina Regional Sewer Authority, ReWa promotes a cleaner environment and protects the public health and water quality of South Carolina’s waterways. Presented annually, the Compliance Excellency Awards honor those industrial users who have helped ReWa provide a cleaner environment by achieving an excellent record of compliance. Through an intense monitoring of T&S Brass waste water effluent, the manufacturer easily met ReWa’s requirements.

“T&S Brass is dedicated to being an outstanding environmental steward for our community and our customers,” states Eva-Marie Fox, vice president of marketing. “Water conservation and reliability play a major role in the way we engineer and manufacture our products.”

“Our objective is to operate an environmentally sound manufacturing process by keeping the metals well below the required limits at all times,” states Ben Guest, T&S Brass supervisor. “T&S recently took one of the largest steps in company history towards becoming more environmentally friendly by converting from a hexavalent chrome plating system to trivalent chrome.”

The Envirochrome Trivalent (CR3) Chromium now used in T&S Brass’ manufacturing process requires less rinse water than the previous system, resulting in significant water savings. Additionally, the process requires one third less current, which reduces the amount of energy consumed, and the lower heavy metal concentration reduces waste treatment costs.

T&S Brass and other industrial companies will be honored on May 5 at the 17th Annual Compliance Excellency Awards presentation. T&S has received the Compliancy Excellency Award seven times since they were introduced by ReWa.